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I bought it on EBay China . The seller had only 3 and he doesn’t sell anything anymore ...mackerelmint wrote: ↑Sat Aug 03, 2019 6:40 pmTell me of this blue ano guard. Because that's damn sexy. Nice job there!
Were you able to drop-in the Gotoh tuners without any issue? If so which model did you get? I've been trying to find some gold tuners that I can drop-in but have read so many conflicting things about it.
Gotoh SD 91 MGT are a perfect drop in for the JMJM . I put it on mine and it’s great .hotcosby wrote: ↑Sun Nov 10, 2019 1:48 pmWere you able to drop-in the Gotoh tuners without any issue? If so which model did you get? I've been trying to find some gold tuners that I can drop-in but have read so many conflicting things about it.
If anyone else has had luck with drop-in tuners please let me know which you had luck with! Thanks
Perfect! Just ordered some MGT's, can't wait to try them out. Thanks for the suggestionpikmin wrote: ↑Sun Nov 10, 2019 5:19 pmGotoh SD 91 MGT are a perfect drop in for the JMJM . I put it on mine and it’s great .hotcosby wrote: ↑Sun Nov 10, 2019 1:48 pmWere you able to drop-in the Gotoh tuners without any issue? If so which model did you get? I've been trying to find some gold tuners that I can drop-in but have read so many conflicting things about it.
If anyone else has had luck with drop-in tuners please let me know which you had luck with! Thanks
The Compton bridge was designed for a floating bridge, particularly a Gretsch that had a bar bridge. It was designed to compensate for the curvature of the fretboard and to provide some scalar compensation (there is some debate as to whether it actually does this). Some have had good results with it on other styles, such as offsets but it really wasn't designed for this. Guitars with floating bridges would have a greater distance between the strings and the guitar body, which leads to the problem you are describing with an offset guitar.
Got it, thanks a lot for the advice. I ended up just bringing it to a local luthier who said they can fix it up easily and make the Compton bridge work flawlessly.Don B wrote: ↑Sun Nov 17, 2019 9:27 pmThe Compton bridge was designed for a floating bridge, particularly a Gretsch that had a bar bridge. It was designed to compensate for the curvature of the fretboard and to provide some scalar compensation (there is some debate as to whether it actually does this). Some have had good results with it on other styles, such as offsets but it really wasn't designed for this. Guitars with floating bridges would have a greater distance between the strings and the guitar body, which leads to the problem you are describing with an offset guitar.
First, go to the Compton web site and contact Wayne Compton. Tell him your problem and see if he can come up with a solution.
Second, if that doesn't work, try shimming your neck (he will probably suggest this as well).
That works too!hotcosby wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2019 5:13 pmGot it, thanks a lot for the advice. I ended up just bringing it to a local luthier who said they can fix it up easily and make the Compton bridge work flawlessly.Don B wrote: ↑Sun Nov 17, 2019 9:27 pmThe Compton bridge was designed for a floating bridge, particularly a Gretsch that had a bar bridge. It was designed to compensate for the curvature of the fretboard and to provide some scalar compensation (there is some debate as to whether it actually does this). Some have had good results with it on other styles, such as offsets but it really wasn't designed for this. Guitars with floating bridges would have a greater distance between the strings and the guitar body, which leads to the problem you are describing with an offset guitar.
First, go to the Compton web site and contact Wayne Compton. Tell him your problem and see if he can come up with a solution.
Second, if that doesn't work, try shimming your neck (he will probably suggest this as well).
Same. It wasn’t a big deal once I figured out what I needed to do. Just Dremeled each post gently on the outside, and it didn’t take much.spiral wrote: ↑Sat Jan 12, 2013 11:05 amYou aren't doing anything wrong. I bought one for an Italia guitar and had the same issue. The solution is to dremel out / widen one side (or both) from the back. I found comments from other people who had the same issue.SuccessPastaTime wrote:[Wilkinson roller bridge] but the other side ends up being literally a millimeter off and won't go into the post holes. Anyone know if I'm doing something wrong or any solutions?